India, May 31 -- A liquor shop salesman has alleged that he was brutally assaulted by an excise inspector over claims of overcharging Rs.10 on a beer bottle in the Jagat Farm area, prompting a protest by his family and a departmental inquiry by the Gautam Budh Nagar excise office.The department, however, claimed that the salesman sustained injuries while attempting to flee.

The salesman, Manish Kumar, 28, a resident of Export Colony in Dadri, worked at a licensed liquor shop in the Jagat Farm area and was allegedly beaten with a stick by inspector Chandrashekhar, first at the shop and then again at the Delta 2 excise office on Friday, his family claimed. Manish reportedly sustained visible injuries on his hands, legs, and back; they furt...